WorksheetsPoetry Terminology quiz
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Two lines of poetry
a)
Stanza
b)
Quatrain
c)
Couplet
d)
Iambic pentameter
2.
Four lines of poetry
a)
Couplet
b)
Quatrain
c)
Stanza
d)
Metaphor
3.
The "paragraphs" of poetry
a)
Stanza
b)
Rhyme scheme
c)
Sonnet
d)
Quatrain
4.
The pattern of rhyming in a poem. Mark it up using letters of the alphabet
a)
Iambic pentameter
b)
Rhyme scheme
c)
Alliteration
d)
Rhythm
5.
What is the rhyme scheme in the following lines from "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe?
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
a)
ABABC
b)
AABBB
c)
ABABA
d)
AAABB
6.
Five "feet" or ten syllables. Always sound like your heartbeat. William Shakespeare often wrote in this style.
a)
Rhyme scheme
b)
Alliteration
c)
Iambic pentameter
d)
Assonance
7.
A poem that ALWAYS has 14 lines and follows a particular, formal rhyme scheme. The most formal of all poetry.
a)
Sonnet
b)
Free verse
c)
Blank verse
d)
Epic
8.
A really, really, really long poem written about a serious topic or important person.
a)
Ode
b)
Elegy
c)
Epic
d)
Sonnet
9.
A poem that is meant to tell a story.
a)
Narrative
b)
Ode
c)
Elegy
d)
Sonnet
10.
A serious poem written in honor of someone or some thing.
a)
Elegy
b)
Ode
c)
Sonnet
d)
Free verse
11.
A poem written in honor of someone who has died.
a)
Ode
b)
Epic
c)
Elegy
d)
Blank verse
12.
A poem written without any rhyme scheme or particular pattern.
a)
Free verse
b)
Blank verse
c)
Sonnet
d)
Ode
13.
A poem with no specific rhyme scheme but usually in iambic pentameter/
a)
Free verse
b)
Sonnet
c)
Blank verse
d)
Ode
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